azure Basic_A3 (basic_a3)
azure Basic_A3 is in azure's order catalog at USD 0.204 per hour, but it is not on the public price page, so it is not a current offer. retired / end-of-life since 2024-08-31 (Microsoft Learn: Basic A-series (Av1) retirement, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/lifecycle/retirement/av1-series-retirement) It stays here as a dated record (first-party, https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/, verified 2026-10-27 13:31 UTC) and is left out of cheapest-price lists, floors and comparisons.
Not on azure's public price page since at least 2026-10-19: catalog only. azure lists this plan in an order catalog or API, but no public price page shows it, so it is not counted as a current offer and is left out of cheapest-price lists, floors and comparisons.
Last verified 2026-10-27T13:31:02+00:00 · Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ (first-party, waak source azure-retail-vm-westeurope)
Price
- per hour
- USD 0.204 excl. VAT
- EUR excl. VAT
- EUR 0.18
- EUR incl. 21% VAT
- EUR 0.22
- USD excl. VAT
- USD 0.20
- per month
- USD 148.92
- This price since
- 2026-10-19T23:52:42+00:00
- FX used
- 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD (ECB)
- Billing
- hourly
Specification
- Azure SKU
- Basic_A3
- Family
- A Series Basic
- Region
- westeurope · deployable in the EU
westeurope - Listing
- catalog only
retired / end-of-life since 2024-08-31 (Microsoft Learn: Basic A-series (Av1) retirement, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/lifecycle/retirement/av1-series-retirement) - First seen
- 2026-10-19T23:52:42+00:00
- SKU id
vps/azure/basic_a3
Price history (90 days)
| Observed (UTC) | Price | USD | EUR | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19T23:52:42+00:00 | USD 0.204 | 0.204 | 0.1817 | #242 |
Each row is a change point: the price held from that moment until the next row. History via the API: JSON · CSV.
Changes
No changes recorded since first seen.
API: /v1/skus/vps/azure/basic_a3
Cite this
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with this credit. The numbers are list prices, not transacted prices.
InfraRabbit (2026). azure Basic_A3 [data as of 2026-10-27]. https://infrarabbit.com/prices/vps/azure/basic_a3 (accessed 2026-10-27). List prices, not transacted prices. CC BY 4.0.
BibTeX
@misc{infrarabbit_vps_azure_basic_a3_2026,
author = {InfraRabbit},
title = {azure Basic_A3},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://infrarabbit.com/prices/vps/azure/basic_a3}},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-27; accessed 2026-10-27; list prices, not transacted prices; CC BY 4.0}
}